2017

2016

Project coordinator for various research projects at The Ohio State University's Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy

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STAR READ-ALOUD PRACTICESConceptualized & designed marketing materials for the Sit Together and Read (STAR) shared book-reading project for adults and young children.

Contributing writer to Camp Ogichi Daa Kwe's national newsletter, Songs of the Paddle

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EXPLORATORY TRIP - TALES FROM THE JUNGLEMarianne, an Ogichi camper and staff for 10 years, tripped alongside Meredith Freshley, Molly Knoll, Kit Summers, Lindsay Wiebold, and Maddie Stoehr growing up. After receiving the news she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in early January, Marianne committed to having ‘Good EB’ and staying positive during her treatment. Weathering this storm with grace and humor, a testament to her strong spirit, she’s been like the ‘Coffee Bean’ changing the grim nature of the circumstance she faced for all those around her.

2015

Select blog posts as editor and contributing writer for Parkstone International Publishing's blog, Parkstone International

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ON FEEDING MY SOLE OBSESSIONWhether it is two inches or five, every woman has a right to a kick ass pair of heels. Most people question it—you’re elongating the leg and pinching toes, but for what? Do all women have such a unique relationship with their shoes, and why?

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THE GIRL WITH THE TINY UNICORNI imagine her eyes sliding to her left, making eye contact with her husband or husband’s family. They are first watching her, then scrutinizing her rendering from behind the artist. She holds this animal in her hands as a physical reminder that she is a pure and graceful creature. She gently—almost imperceptibly—rubs its hind leg, trying to keep it still for this momentous occasion. The large, blood-red jewel hanging from her neck is heavy and her back is stiff from sitting in the same position, but it is all for a wedding—her wedding.

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THE ONLY FAMILY WHO DIDN'T FIGHT AT CHRISTMASHaving all the members of a family work the same trade surely must generate dinner conversation topics about how to develop the artistic craft. Three generations of some of the most famous American painters lived under the same roof for a number of years. To them, painting was just what they did, like any other families of doctors, lawyers, teachers or carpenters. I am talking, of course, of the Wyeths: NC, Caroline, Andrew, and Jamie.

JACKSON POLLOCK: INSTINCT VS. REASONIt’s a complete mess. Loops of color tangled together and running rampant energize nearly every inch of the composition. Far from the reaches of common sense or common experience, we cannot be sure what exactly we are looking at, or how we should feel. However when facing down Jackson Pollock’s seventeen foot monster One: Number 31 (1950), there is an unshakable feeling that this grand piece was no accident. The lyricism behind his movements—a web of flicks, dribbles, drips—is a lot like life, a mix of uncontrollable and controllable factors. Maybe it’s not such a mess, as much as it simply elicits the response: What the f$&k?

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LOOKING BEYOND THE PORTRAITSet sometime in the late 19th century, a woman in a colorful kimono gazes contemplatively out into the hazy distance. She stands with hips jutted out and hair pulled back into a loose bun, and I wonder, who is she? Why is she alone? Like most of the painted bijin-ga—a term that generalizes beautiful women—of the Miji period, we will likely never know much more about her or other East Asian women beyond their painted depictions.

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ART, GARDEN, LIFE: RE-IMAGINING FRIDA KAHLOMost people who are confronted by seemingly insurmountable pain and catastrophe succumb to the depression, much less are able to channel their despair in a creative way. Frida Kahlo, one of the most influential and important artistic personalities of the 20th century, only began painting after she was confined to a bed for three months following a near-fatal bus crash.

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GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKEThis sentiment couldn’t be truer for Sydney’s International Art Series. With the likes of El Greco, Leonardo, Raphael, Monet (and many more!) being featured in The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland, we can’t even imagine the kind of strings that the Art Gallery of New South Wales had to pull to get the National Galleries of Scotland to share their treasures.

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THE DARKER SIDE OF MARK ROTHKOMore than 50 years after Russian-born Mark Rothko was commissioned to create mural canvases for the nondenominational Rothko Chapel, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston is set to display the largest exhibition of his works since the late 90’s. Not too long before the chapel opened its doors, its artist took his life in a heartbreaking tradition seen by many artists like himself; self-annalistic and continually misunderstood.